Frederick George "Fred" Schemanske (April 28, 1903 – February 18, 1960), nicknamed "Buck", was a

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player who played for the Washington Senators in . He played in two games, one as a

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and one as a

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. Singles in his only two at-bats left Schemanske with a rare MLB career batting average of 1.000.

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